Transcript Phillippiens

Winter Olympics in the Philippines!
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 The Philippines is the first nation in the tropics to ever participate in
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the Winter Olympics Games.
The Philippines first athletes to compete at the Olympics Games
were in 1924, making it the first Country to compete and win a
medal in Southern Asia.
Filipino athletes have also competed at Winter Olympics Games on
three different occasions since 1972, but not since 1994.
The National Olympics Committee of Philippines is the Philippines
Olympics Committee, founded in 1911 and recognized by the
International Olympics Committee in 1929.
Filipino athletes have won a total of nine Olympic medals, with
boxing as the top medal-producing sport.
Philippines now holds the record for the most medals without gold
because of Mongolia winning its first gold medal at 2008 Summer
Olympics.
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Facts about the
Philippines!
The Philippines is the largest Christian country in Asia. It is ranked 3rd
in the world with the highest percentage of the population that is
Christian and ranked 5th with the highest number of Christians.
With a population of about 90 million people, the Philippines is the
12th most populous country in the world.
The most popular.
The country got it’s name in honor of the Spanish King Philip 11 of
Spain.
Fireworks competition held in the Philippines which runs five, and it is
hand-made in China.
The Philippines has more then 200 volcanoes , although only some of
them are active.
There are only two seasons –a warm wet season and cool dry season
in the Philippines. The dry season lasts from October to June, and wetfor the remainder of the year.
This small island is called, Boracay. It is the most popular beach in the
Philippines- in the that case, Boracay was awarded as the best island
In the world from the international travel magazine.
Map of the Philippines
Sources
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines
 http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/philippi
nes/map_of_philippines.jpg
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines_at_t
he_Olympics
 http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/factsabout-philippines-2219.html
 https://www.google.com/#q=Philippines+flag
 http://www.travelingmyself.com/2013/04/25/34interesting-facts-about-the-philippines/